8 tips for Christian bass players

By Andy@Musicademy | October 8, 2009

  Lock to the kick drum. If you are new to bass then the key that every experienced player will tell you is to start by locking your groove into the kick drum. Think harmony. Bass is actually a cross over between the rhythm section and the harmony. A really effective bassist will still lock […]

Best of the Best award for Musicademy’s Intermediate Acoustic Worship Guitar DVDs

By Marie@Musicademy | October 7, 2009

  Our Intermediate Acoustic Worship Guitar DVDs have been awarded a Best of the Best Award by Worship Leader Magazine.  Worship Leader Magazine said: “For better or worse, the acoustic guitar is the place most aspiring worship musicians go first. So the Intermediate Acoustic Worship Guitar DVD is a welcome addition in the Musicademy suite […]

Ask the Expert – working out passing notes in a key

By Andy@Musicademy | October 6, 2009

Reg Garner from  Middlesex in the UK emailed saying: “Thanks for the intermediate keyboard course; I’m enjoying it very much. I wonder if you could give me a bit of advice? If you were to play something starting in a minor key, say the key of ‘Am’, what would be the auxiliary notes to use […]

50 tips – Drums

By Andy@Musicademy | September 25, 2009

So far in this series we’ve had 10 tips on stage placement, 10 tips on playing together as a team, 5 on communication skills 11 on rehearsals, 5 on soundchecking and that’s before we have even started on the individual instruments. We now turn our attention to the individual components of the band starting first with rhythm […]

Worship Keyboard Chord of the Month – E7#9

By Tim Martin | September 23, 2009

  E7#9 – Use in place of a dominant 7th. It’s effectively got both the major and minor 3rds so it goes crunch! Hendrix fans will recognise the sound of this. Click through for the guitar version of Hendrix’s E7#9 Other posts you might like: Keyboard Chord – A7#5 Guitar Chords of the Month – […]

Learn how to improvise using orchestral instruments in worship

By Marie@Musicademy | September 17, 2009

We are pleased to announce the release today of our latest DVD – Improvisation Skills For Orchestral Instruments in Worship. Its the perfect instructional resource for single melody musicians (violin, cello, brass, woodwind, sax etc) teaching you how to play WITHOUT THE MUSIC! This 3-DVD course is designed for any single melody instrument wanting to play […]

Everyone loves a bargain – new Musicademy discounts

By Marie@Musicademy | September 12, 2009

  Everyone loves a bargain so we’ve decided to find you more ways of saving money with Musicademy. We’ve reworked our discount structure to reward you with lots more price reductions when you buy a selection of products from us. Buy all our Worship Guitar DVDs for a 20% discount Both the Vocals warm up […]

50 tips – Worship soundchecking

By Andy@Musicademy | September 10, 2009

  Sound checks can be time consuming, but there are ways to make them more efficient and less arduous. Most sound checks have three stages. 1st each instrument is line checked to make sure a signal comes through the desk, 2nd you decide what you want in your monitors and 3rd everyone plays together, stops […]

Ask the Expert – Guitar pick advice (yes really!)

By Andy@Musicademy | September 8, 2009

  The other day I got an email asking for advice on what guitar picks I recommend. Now when I started Musicademy I vowed never to get into the “What picks/strings do you use” debate as it seems dangerously close to a sort of train spotting competition usually hotly contested by slightly strange bearded men […]

Free video clip – using orchestral instruments in worship

By Marie@Musicademy | August 29, 2009

Our new Orchestral Instruments DVD will be available in October (hopefully a little before then if we can get the manufacture moving more quickly). You can pre-order now but while you wait for it to arrive here is Musicademy’s Marie Page giving advice on using orchestral instruments in worship. Other posts you might find helpful: Using orchestral instruments […]